Annual report of the director of animal industry for the year ending November 30, 1920-[1934] . Hanover, Hopedale, Hopkinton, . . Lancaster, . . . Leicester Mansfield Medfield, Medway, Mendon, . . . Middleborough, . . Millbury Millis, Milton Needham, . . New Bedford, . . Newburyport, . . Paxton, Plainville, Dogs. Cattle. Horses. Pigs. Cats. 1921. PUBLIC DOCUMENT —No. 98. 33 CiTT OR Town. Dogs. Cattle. Horses. Pigs. Cats. Rehoboth 1 - - _ _ Royalston, 1 - - - - Seekonk, 3 2 - 1 - Sharon, 2 - - - - Somerset, 1 - - - - Stoughton, 1 - - - - Sutton, 1 - - - - Swansea, 4 - - 5 - Taunton, 16 - 1 - -
Annual report of the director of animal industry for the year ending November 30, 1920-[1934] . Hanover, Hopedale, Hopkinton, . . Lancaster, . . . Leicester Mansfield Medfield, Medway, Mendon, . . . Middleborough, . . Millbury Millis, Milton Needham, . . New Bedford, . . Newburyport, . . Paxton, Plainville, Dogs. Cattle. Horses. Pigs. Cats. 1921. PUBLIC DOCUMENT —No. 98. 33 CiTT OR Town. Dogs. Cattle. Horses. Pigs. Cats. Rehoboth 1 - - _ _ Royalston, 1 - - - - Seekonk, 3 2 - 1 - Sharon, 2 - - - - Somerset, 1 - - - - Stoughton, 1 - - - - Sutton, 1 - - - - Swansea, 4 - - 5 - Taunton, 16 - 1 - - Uxbridge, 1 - - - - Walpole, 3 - - - - Wayland, 1 - - - - Webster, 2 - - - - Wellesley, 1 - - - - Westborough, 1 - - - West Boylston, 1 - . - - Westminster, 1 - - - - Weston, 1 - - - - Westport, 8 4 - - - Westwood, . 2 - - - - Weymouth, 133 - - - - Worcester,Wrentham, . - - - - Totals, . 155 8 1 6 1 Following is a chart showing the proved cases of rabies inthe several species of animals covering the period from 1905to 1920, inclusive. 34 ANIMAL INDUSTRY. [ 1921.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 98. 35 Hog Cholera. The reports from our annual inspection show that the num-ber of swine found on the farms this year has reduced from108,108, last years record, to 100,982, a reduction of approxi-mately 7,500 head, or 7 per cent. This is a much smaller de-cline than had been forecasted, but undoubtedly it will stillfurther continue unless market conditions change for thebetter. During the progress of the World War, when an increasedproduction in this country of all kinds of animal products usedfor food became a vital necessity in order that the world sup-ply of food might be maintained, the raising of swine wasrapidly taken up by many people not previously engagedtherein. They did this in many instances from patriotic mo-tives alone, and the number of animals raised in one or twopig lots was larger by thousands than one would these war years, therefore, the number of swi
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